ZDNet calls it “a deep meditation on what can ultimately be achieved with computers” and “the single most important unsolved problem in computer science,” with implications for both cryptography and quantum computing. “The question: Does P = NP?” “Now, that effort has enlisted the help of generative AI.” In a Read more…
U2’s inaugural performance at the opening of Las Vegas’s Sphere included a generative AI video collage projected hundreds of feet into the air — showing hundreds of surreal renderings of Elvis Presley. The video collage is the creation of the artist Marco Brambilla, the director of Demolition Man and Kanye Read more…
Next time you try to wipe a smudge off your iPhone screen, take a closer look. See if you can spot one of the two tiny QR codes etched into its glass. Chances are you won’t be able to find them. Both codes are tiny — one is the size Read more…
Microsoft discussed selling its Bing search engine to Apple around 2020, a deal that would have replaced Google as the default option on the iPhone maker’s devices. Executives from Microsoft met with Apple’s services chief, Eddy Cue, who brokered the current search engine relationship with Alphabet’s Google, to discuss the Read more…
Almost two years ago, Mark Zuckerberg rebranded his company Facebook to Meta — and since then, he has been focused on building the “metaverse,” a three-dimensional virtual reality. But the metaverse has lost some of its luster since 2021. Companies like Disney have closed down their metaverse divisions and deemphasized Read more…
Canalys has some gruesome new numbers out for the North American smartphone market in Q2 2023, detailing what it’s calling the “worst quarterly performance for over a decade.” Q2 has plummeted 22 percent, year over year, and with these numbers, Canalys is predicting the smartphone market will be down 12 Read more…
Every week, the social media hype-train seems to find new ways to sensationalize generative AI tools. Most recently, a new technique that allows users to produce optical illusions went viral, with some describing the results as AI-generated images with “subliminal” messages. The technique, called ControlNet, essentially lets users have more Read more…